Staff DevOps Engineer
Austin, TX - USA
Job Summary
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Who We Are
2K is headquartered in Novato California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005 2K Games is a global video game company publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2Ks portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms include Visual Concepts Firaxis Hangar 13 CatDaddy Cloud Chamber 31st Union HB Studios and 2K SportsLab. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in todays most popular gaming genres including sports shooters action role-playing strategy casual and family entertainment.
Our team of engineers marketers artists writers data scientists producers thinkers and doers are the professional publishing stewards of 2Ks portfolio currently includes several AAA sports and entertainment brands including global powerhouse NBA 2K renowned BioShock Borderlands Mafia Sid Meiers Civilization and XCOM brands; popular WWE 2K and WWE SuperCard franchises TopSpin 2K25 as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR 2K
At 2K we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions even if they dont meet every requirement for the role. If youre interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K we encourage you to apply!
What We Need
We are seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer leader who can design build and operate scalable platform solutions that improve reliability developer experience and operational efficiency across multiple teams and studios. This role focuses on platform-level impact and technical leadership.
What Youll Do
Design and evolve shared CI/CD infrastructure and cloud platforms used across 2K.
Establish platform standards and best practices for deployments environments observability and operations.
Drive automation and self-service to reduce operational toil and improve developer velocity.
Lead observability and reliability efforts including monitoring alerting incident response and postmortems.
Partner with engineering teams to enable platform adoption and improve workflows.
Contribute to FinOps practices including cost visibility tagging standards and optimization.
Act as a technical leader and mentor influencing architecture and practices across teams.
What Will Make You a Great Fit
Strong experience in DevOps SRE or Platform Engineering roles.
Hands-on expertise with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) CI/CD pipelines and automation.
Experience designing or influencing shared platforms and standards across teams.
Ability to balance technical depth with cross-team collaboration and clear communication.
Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and driving alignment.
Bonus Points
Experience with large-scale or distributed multi-team or multi-studio environments.
Familiarity with observability tooling FinOps practices and security automation.
Experience mentoring senior engineers or acting as a technical multiplier across teams.
As an equal opportunity employer we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform their essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.
The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $133900 and $198160 per Year. However base pay offered is based on market location and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates such as job-related knowledge skills experience and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations the total compensation package for employees in regular roles may also include other elements including a bonus and/or equity awards in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits provided that temporary or intern roles will not be eligible for many of these payments or benefits. Details of participation in compensation and benefit plans (if applicable) will be provided if an employee receives an offer of hired employee will be in an at-will position and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance company or individual department/team performance and market factors.
Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing only use accounts.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
About Company
2K publishes titles in today's most popular gaming genres, including shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, sports, casual, and family entertainment.